Baseball Centennial - 1939

A-116  - 855-7g

Cal-Craft 7 (Frank Pennington)

a series of 8 designs featuring 

1- Abner Doubleday (A-110 : 855-7a)     2 - Honus Wagner (A-111 : 855-7b)

3 - Christy Mathewson  (A-112  : 855-7c)       4 - Grover C Alexander (A-113 : 855-7d)

5- Ty Cobb   (A-114 : 855-7e)       6 -  Walter Johnson (A-115 : 855-7f)

7 - Babe Ruth (A-116 : 855-7g)

1-Abner Doubleday, 2-Honus Wagner, 3-Christy Matthewson, 4-Grover Alexander, 5-Ty Cobb, 6-Walter Johnson, 7-Babe Ruth, 8-Hall of Fame

In an interview with Frank Pennington from FDCS Journal First Days, section Sc.855-Cachets and Cachetmakers - Pennington stated he did not attend the Cooperstown ceremony, but had his covers serviced by Frank Fitts (Cachet Craft covers). The original art was 5-5/8ths inch high. When reduced to less than 2-inches for the cachet, the CHC (California Historical Cachets) located under the diamond became unreadable. Cachets were sold individually with the majority of single covers sold being the Babe Ruth issue

Hand drawn Frank Pennington cachet

 Baseball...Stamps...Autographs, Elten F Schiller, Hentzell Publications, San Diego 1982 (A-#)

Plant's Encyclopedia of Cacheted F.D.C.s, Vol IX, Mike Mellone, FDC Publishing Co, Stewartsville, NJ 1983 (p855-#)

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